Joshua 22:23:7Josh.22.23.W7TAB

וְאִם־לְהַעֲל֨וֹת

veimlehaalot

“or if to offer up”

Transliteration: ve-IM-le-ha-a-LOT
Extended: veh-EEM-leh-ha-ah-LOHT
IPA: /vəˈʔim.ləhaʕaˈloːt/

Meaning by language

English: or if to offer up

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result

וְ + אִם + לְ + הַ + עֲ + ל֨וֹת

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ve + im + le + ha + a + lot

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veimlehaalot

Alphabet Analysis

	Vav	v as in vine; marks long ō / ū
	Sheva	vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
	Aleph	silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
	Hireq	'ee' as in machine
	Mem Sofit	final form of Mem — at word end
	Lamed	l as in law
	Sheva	vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
	He	h as in house; silent at word end
	Patach	short 'ah' as in father
	Ayin	deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
	Hateph Patach	reduced 'ah'
	Lamed	l as in law
	Vav	v as in vine; marks long ō / ū
	Holem	long 'oh' as in go
	Tav	t as in top

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Word in context

word
ve-IM-le-ha-a-LOT
phraseyour reading level
ve-IM-le-ha-a-LOT a-LAV
clause
ve-IM-le-ha-a-LOT a-LAV o-LAH u-min-KHA ve-IM-la-a-SOT a-LAV ziv-KHEI she-la-MIM Ye-ho-VAH HU ye-va-KESH
sentence
liv-NOT la-NU miz-BE-akh la-SHUV me-a-cha-REI Ye-ho-VAH ve-IM-le-ha-a-LOT a-LAV o-LAH u-min-KHA ve-IM-la-a-SOT a-LAV ziv-KHEI she-la-MIM Ye-ho-VAH HU ye-va-KESH

Exegesis

The conjunction wə’im {וְאִם | wə-ʾim} initiates parallel infinitives: wə’im-ləha’alot {וְאִם־לְהַעֲל֨וֹת | wə-ʾim-ləha’ălôt} ‘and if to offer up’ governs ʿōlā {עֹלָה | ʿōlā} ‘burnt offering’ and ū-minḥâ {וּמִנְחָה | ū-minḥâ} ‘grain offering’, while wə’im-laʿăśôt {וְאִם־לַעֲשׂ֤וֹת | wə-ʾim-laʿăśôt} governs zibbḥê {זִבְחֵ֣י | zibbḥê} ‘sacrifices of’ šəlāmîm {שְׁלָמִים | šəlāmîm} ‘peace offerings’.

In context — Joshua 22:23

If we erected an altar for ourselves to turn away from following the LORD , or if we intended to offer upon it a burnt offering or a grain offering, or to bring peace offerings , then let the LORD Himself require it from us.

About this coordinate

Joshua 22:23:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Joshua 22:23, so the Hebrew word וְאִם־לְהַעֲל֨וֹת (veimlehaalot) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Josh.22.23.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.22.23.W7.S1) and character.

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